THE X FILES
"Things Are Looking Up"
PREVIOUSLY ON THE X FILES:
FBI HEADQUARTERS, A.D. SKINNER'S OFFICE - AUGUST 15 10:01 A.M.
"That's Knowle Rohrer." Doggett quickly added.
"I know. He killed the coroner, took her car, and is now missing." Skinner replied.
"I thought he died at the pueblos." Reyes said.
"He did." Doggett replied.
"Not anymore, he's now looking for Mulder as everyone else is too." Skinner responded.
"Just get Mulder. If we can get him alive, with the surveillance of the autopsy room and the tape recorder, we can prove Mulder's innocence. And one other thing. Make sure no one else knows about what is going on. Otherwise we're all going to be up the creek without a paddle."
"Yes, sir." Doggett responded.
U.S./CANADIAN BORDER - AUGUST 15 - 8:43 A.M.
Mulder and Scully pulled up at the toll booth. A security guard was there to greet them.
"FBI..." The guard murmured.
A warning sign flashed on the computer screen. 'Wanted for arrest, do not let go'.
The security guard started to type slowly, turning his head to look at Mulder and Scully. He then picked up the phone.
"Punch it Scully." Mulder commanded.
"No!" Scully replied.
Guards surrounded the car with their guns.
"Get out of the car slowly!" One of the guards ordered.
Mulder looked at Scully.
"Get out of the car or we will shoot!" The guard ordered.
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Mulder starts to speak. As he starts, pictures of childhood memories flash upon the screen.
"My father always used to tell me when I was sad or somewhere between the lines of jail or a spanking, that 'Things will always look up no matter how much trouble you are in'. And somehow it always does. Somehow, some way. Those were probably the wisest words that had ever come out of his mouth. But in these days, I don't believe those words anymore. They hardly mean anything. Especially when you're so close to to the actual truth and someone or something just takes it all away. My father must have been involved in a lot more that I could ever imagine, because those were his favorite lines when he used to come home from work. The trouble he must have gotten into. I haven't believed those words in seven years. Even through everything that I've been through, but now...I'm starting to believe them again. I believe that things will look up. I believe that I will make it through the worst of times... I just hope that I don't end up like my father with a bullet to the back of the head..."
A man now lies on the floor in the bathroom, blood dripping from his head. Red streaks flash upon this image, the we fade out to...
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MILITARY BRIG, MONTANA, US & CANADIAN BORDER - AUGUST 15 - 9:13 A.M.
Of course, with the hesitation of Scully, things always seem to turn out for the worst. Even if things are looking up.
Mulder and Scully now lie in a small cell. Mulder was chomping away at a few sunflower seeds he still had in his pocket.
Scully didn't move at all. She just say there, thinking. Maybe she should have hit the accelerator. She should have, Mulder then would be free, in Canada. No one could have gotten him there. But she didn't punch the accelerator. Now they both are lying in a small, cramped cell. Mulder will probably put back on trial, will probably be dead before next week. Scully would probably be thrown in prison. She should have hit the accelerator. Too late for that.
Mulder looked at Scully. He wasn't angry at her, he knew that he'd end up back in jail anyway. He just didn't know when. He knew now.
"Scully. Are you okay?" Mulder asked.
Scully turned to look at Mulder. She put her head down in shame.
"I'm sorry, Mulder. I'm sorry." She said. A tear ran down her face.
Mulder went over to Scully, and put his arm around her.
"It's okay Scully. Don't worry, things will look up."
Scully looked at Mulder.
"I should have hit the accelerator...I'm sorry, Mulder."
"It's not like you had sex with Michael Jackson or anything. Don't worry about it."
"Michael Jackson?" Scully asked. Her tears stopped.
"I think my jokes are running on low." Mulder replied.
"That's what happens after nine years of them." Scully then laughed.
Mulder smiled.
"I'm sorry again Mulder." Scully said one more time.
"We'll figure this thing out." Mulder hugged Scully as he said that.
AUTOPSY ROOM, ALBERQUEQUE, NEW MEXICO - AUGUST 15 - 10:44 A.M.
Doggett and Reyes drove up to the Morgue in Alberqueque after a vigorous flight to New Mexico. Doggett and Reyes got out of the car and walked over to the front entrance. There, a cop was on guard, holding yellow crime scene tape.
"Can I help you folks?" The cop asked.
"I'm Special Agent John Doggett, this is Special Agent Monica Reyes, we're with the F.B.I."
"The F.B.I.'s in on this murder, too?" The cop asked.
"What do you mean by that?" Reyes asked.
"Some 'special' government agents, think they were C.I.A. came through here about an hour ago." The cop replied.
"Could we see the body?" Agent Doggett asked.
"Unfortunately, no. Those crownies at the C.I.A. said that this body now belonged to the Military. They flashed us a paper, then took the body."
"Do you know which way they headed?" Agent Doggett asked.
"They started to head north." The cop replied.
"Do you have a copy of the video surveillance from last night?" Agent Reyes asked.
"Yes I do. Would you like a copy?" The cop asked.
"Yes...please." Agent Reyes replied.
The cop went to his cruiser to get a copy.
"What do think?" Reyes asked Doggett.
"I don't know what to think."
ROADSIDE GAS, NEBRASKA - AUGUST 15 - 11:51 A.M.
The government search teams were all parked outside a roadside diner having lunch. They had just finished and on their way back to the SUV's when Knowle Rohrer steps in front of the Agent in charge of the search.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for a Fox Mulder. I thought that maybe you could help me." Rohrer asked.
"You're looking for the guy too?" The agent in charge replied.
"Yes, I am." Rohrer replied.
"Mulder must have pissed off a lot of people."
"Sir!" Yelled an agent with a phone in his hand.
The agent in charge turned around.
"What is it?" Yelled the agent in charge.
"They've found Mulder! At a brig on the US/Canadian border in Montana!"
"Lets move out!" The agent in charge yelled to the search team. He then turned around to find that Rohrer had gone. He was nowhere in sight.
"What the hell?" The agent in charge said. "Hey! Where did that guy go?"
"What guy?" One of the crew answered back.
"That man I was just talking too?" The agent in charge replied.
"Beats me!"
The search team got into the SUV's and rode off.
AUTOPSY ROOM, ALBERQUEQUE, NEW MEXICO - AUGUST 15 - 10:58 A.M.
Doggett threw the video surveillance tape into the backseat as he and Reyes got into the car. Doggett's phone rang.
"John Doggett, here."
"Agent Mulder is in a brig on the US/Canadian border in Montana. You have two hours before the government search teams reach him." The voice on the other end said, then hung up.
"Hello? Hello?" Doggett asked.
Doggett hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Reyes asked.
"Mulder's been found. He's in a brig on the border in Montana. Search teams are already en route. We've got two hours to reach him."
Doggett swerved the car out of the parking lot and started to speed down the highway heading for Montana.
MIDDLE OF NO WHERE, NEBRASKA - AUGUST 15 - 12:07 P.M.
Doggett stopped the car in frustration.
"Where are we?" Doggett asked.
"The map says that we should be on Highway 49."
Doggett looks to see an old barb-wired fence closing off the road.
"It looks like this is the end of the line." Doggett quipped.
Doggett took the map from Reyes and looked at it.
"This damn thing can't be right. We had to have taken a wrong turn somewhere."
A noise fills the air.
"Did you hear that?" Reyes asked.
"Hear what?" Doggett replied.
"It sounds like a train."
Just then, a train is seen heading north.
"Should we follow it?" Reyes asked.
Doggett handed the map to Reyes and started to drive down a small dirt road heading north. Or hopefully north.
BRIG, US/CANADIAN BORDER, MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 1:00 P.M.
Mulder and Scully are still waiting around in the cell. Mulder is trying to think of a way to get out of there. No luck.
A guard then comes over to the cell.
"We would like to talk with you, Miss Scully." The guard then opened the cell door.
Scully went with the guard leaving Mulder alone.
Mulder went over to the window with bars on them, and tried to pull them, nothing happened.
"You won't get out that way, old friend." A voice told Mulder.
Mulder turned around to see no other that Deep Throat.
"I'm not dead, am I?" Mulder asked.
Deep Throat laughed.
"No! But you will be if you don't think of a way out of here quick."
"What do you mean?" Mulder asked.
"There are many people coming your way. They have orders to kill you, and your friends won't make it here in time."
So, how do I get out out of here?" Mulder asked.
"I can't actually help you escape, but I can give you this piece of advice. Using your mind, will UNLOCK the doors."
Mulder chuckled. He knew what that meant.
"And hurry, you don't have that much time left."
Mulder blinked, and Deep Throat was gone.
It wasn't at all peculiar to see ghosts. He did see Krycek and the Lone Gunmen. It wasn't at all peculiar, especially after working on the X-Files for some odd years.
Scully and the guard returned.
Scully went back into the cell, and the guard closed the door, locking it behind him.
"Guard!" Mulder yelled out.
"Yes?" The guard replied.
Mulder went over to the bars and 'accidentally' tripped. He grabbed the guards keys as his hand went through the bars.
The guard helped nudge Mulder back up.
"What was it that you wanted?" The guard asked.
"How much longer before we will be transferred?" Mulder asked.
"Some agents will be here in about half an hour." The guard spoke as he left the room.
"What did they want?" Mulder asked.
"They wanted to hear what I had to say." Scully replied.
"Who?"
"The guards. It was for their records. Those agents who are coming to get us, I have a feeling that they're not agents." Scully said.
"I have that feeling too." Mulder replied.
"We've got to get out of here."
"I've already got that covered."
"How?" Scully asked.
"Using your mind will UNLOCK many doors." Mulder showed Scully the keys.
Mulder then smiled as he unlocked the cell door with the key. He opened the door.
"After you." Mulder said.
"Thank you." Scully smiled.
Mulder and Scully left the cell room.
SOUTH DAKOTA - AUGUST 15 - 1:37 P.M.
Doggett and Reyes followed the train to South Dakota.
"We'll be there in no time." Reyes said as she smiled.
Doggett turned back onto a road outside of a small town. He then headed northwest to Montana.
BRIG, US/CANADIAN BORDER, MONTANA - AUGUST 15 - 1:42 P.M.
Scully grabbed her belongings, then gave a gun to Mulder. They exited that room and started to walk through a long hallway. Mulder peered out of one of the windows to see Knowle Rohrer standing outside talking to one of the guards. Rohrer looked up to see Mulder peering out of the window, then he continued to talk to the guard.
"Scully, we've got to get out of here." Mulder said as he started to run.
"Mulder! Wait! What are you talking about?"
"Look outside."
Scully peered outside to see a guard at the front enterance with five SUV's parked out front.
"There's SUV's parked out front." Scully told Mulder.
"What? Knowle Rohrer was just outside talking to one of the guards." Mulder replied.
Mulder and Scully then started to run for the stairs.
The agent in charge got out of one of the SUV's and walked over to the guard at the main entrance.
"We're here to pick up a Mulder and Scully." The agent said.
"Yeah. We're expecting you. Right this way."
The guard opened the front gate and the SUV's rolled in.
Mulder and Scully snuck out the back into the back parking lot. They hid behind one of the cars when the SUV's rolled into the back. All of the agents got out of the SUV's and went into the building.
Mulder and Scully then ran over to one of the SUV's.
"Well, with my record, I don't think a little Grand Theft Auto will hurt." Mulder said.
Mulder got into one of the SUV's. The keys were in the ignition.
"Mulder!" Scully yelled.
"Get in!" Mulder said as he started the SUV.
Scully reluctantly got into the SUV.
Mulder drove the car up to the front gate.
"We're heading back, urgent business. Our guys will pick up Mulder and Scully." Mulder told the guard.
The guard opened the gate and Mulder drove out.
"That was simple enough." Mulder told Scully.
Mulder started to head south.
"Mulder! What are you doing?" Scully asked.
"Forget Canada, Scully. The truth is south, not north. There are still a lot of questions that need answers." Mulder replied.
"Mulder. Now is not the time to be searching for answers!"
The search team was lead into the empty cell room. The guard was stunned.
"Where are they?" The agent in charge asked the cell guard.
"I don't know! The were here half an hour ago!" The guard yelled.
"Find them!" Yelled the agent in charge.
The search team split up to find Mulder and Scully.
Mulder and Scully drove along the highway doing a reasonable amount of speed when Scully heard a thumping noise on the roof.
"Did you hear that?" Scully asked.
"What?"
"That thumping sound."
"It's probably the wind."
The sound stopped.
A few minutes later a fist smashed through the passenger side window and grabbed Scully.
"Mulder!" Scully yelled with panic.
Mulder swerved all over the road trying to help Scully.
Another fist came crashing down through the roof of the SUV. That hand grabbed Mulder.
Mulder swerved all over the road trying to get the hands off of him and Scully.
Scully grabbed the cigarette lighter in the SUV and shoved it into the arm of the man.
Mulder then hit the brakes and the man rolled off of the roof. The man was Knowle Rohrer, was was at the front of the car, hanging onto the grill for life. As he started to climb up, Mulder yelled.
"Hold on, Scully!"
Mulder swerved off of the road and sped up.
We cut to a black picture as a crash and an explosion is heard.
TO BE CONTINUED...
FADE OUT